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H.S. boys swimming: Penn claims own sectional title while runnerup Riley sets four records

gayle bell, south bend tribune
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Penn won five events to outdistance South Bend Riley, 531-421, to win its own IHSAA Boys Swimming and Diving Sectional team title.

Nathaniel Temeles was a double winner for the Kingsmen, claiming the 200 freestyle (1:42.66) and the 100 freestyle (46.83). Other winners for Penn were Cole Stevenson in the 200 individual medley (1:42.59), Seth Werntz in the 500 freestyle (4:43.76), and the 200 freestyle relay team of Stevenson, Werntz, Kelan Whitehouse and Reid Ohlson (1:27.38).

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Riley won the other seven events, hightlighted by a four sectional-record performances. The 200 medley relay foursome of Ignatius Ruszkowski, Christopher Bartmess, Joel Kricheff and Padraig Chapman broke their own 2023 mark with a time of 1:30.65.

Bartmess add two more individual titles, both in sectional-record times, for the Wildcats in the 100 butterfly (48.91) and the 100 breaststroke (54.31). The 400 freestyle relay squad of Kricheff, Ruszkowski, Chapman and Bartmess) won in another record time of 3:08.42. Chapman won the 50 free (21.26), Ruszkowski won the 100 backstroke (50.44), Eliot Riem won the diving competition (352.10) and the

PENN SECTIONAL RESULTS

Team scores: Penn 531, SB Riley 421, New Prairie 323, SB Adams 214, SB Saint Joseph 165, Bremen 163, Mishawaka 77, SB Washington 68, Mishawaka Marian 63, Trinity at Greenlawn 30.

Event winners advance to state finals and anyone to make the state cut time advances. Cut times are in parentheses.

200 medley relay (1:36.95): 1. SB Riley (Ignatius Ruszkowski, Christopher Bartmess, Joel Kricheff, Padraig Chapman) 1:30.65 (MEET RECORD); 2. Penn (Christopher Oberlie, Cole Stevenson, Leo Ni, Reid Ohlson) 1:32.49; 3. New Prairie (Dustyn Starkey, Coner Chapple, Ty Hurt, Alexander Spencer) 1:39.85.

200 freestyle (1:42.50): 1. Nathaniel Temeles (Penn) 1:42.66; 2. Matthew Weeks (Penn) 1:43.95; 3. Carter Schultz (Penn) 1:45.57.

200 individual medley (1:55.45): 1. Cole Stevenson (Penn) 1:42.59; 2. Ignatius Ruszkowski (Riley) 1:53.59; 3. Joshua Seluzhitskiy (Penn) 1:58.23.

50 freestyle (21.36): 1. Padraig Chapman (Riley) 21.26; 2. Seth Werntz (Penn) 21.57; 3. Joel Kricheff (Riley) 21.84.

Diving: 1. Eliot Riem (Riley) 352.10; 2. Omar Zidan (Penn) 335.15; 3. Trystan Lathion (Riley) 336.05.

100 butterfly (50.82): 1. Christopher Bartmess (Riley) 48.91 (MEET RECORD); 2. Joel Kricheff (Riley) 49.61; 3. Elliott Dye (Penn) 51.50.

100 freestyle (46.93): 1. Nathaniel Temeles (Penn) 46.83; 2. Padraig Chapman (Riley) 47.08; 3. Donovan Go (Adams) 48.55;

500 freestyle (4:41.80): 1. Seth Werntz (Penn) 4:43.76; 2. Matthew Weeks (Penn) 4:46.35; 3. Carter Schultz (Penn) 4:46.98.

200 freestyle relay (1:27.74): 1. Penn (Cole Stevenson, Seth Werntz, Kelan Whitehouse, Reid Ohlson) 1:27.38; 2. New Prairie (Dustyn Starkey, Myles Aerts, Ty Hurt, Alexander Spencer) 1:33.19; 3. SB Adams (Donovan Go, Hensen Le, Zac Richardson, Isaac Shrader) 1:35.39.

100 backstroke (52.09): 1. Ignatius Ruszkowski (Riley) 50.44; 2. Elliott Dye (Penn) 50.53; 3. Christopher Oberlie (Penn) 51.16.

100 breaststroke (58.0): 1. Christopher Bartmess (Riley) 54.31 (MEET RECORD); 2. Cole Stevenson (Penn) 55.85; 3. Alex Fleming (Penn) 58.58.

400 freestyle relay (3:13.80): 1. Riley (Joel Kricheff, Ignatius Ruszkowski, Padraig Chapman, Christopher Bartmess) 3:08.42 (MEET RECORD); 2. Penn (Matthew Weeks, Seth Werntz, Leo Ni, Reid Ohlson) 3:11.07; 3. Adams (Isaac Shrader, Donovan Go, Hensen Le, Zac Richardson) 3:30.12.

Northridge wins at Elkhart

Sawyer Lehman won two individual events and swam a leg of a winning relay team to help Northridge edge Concord, 378-363, at the Elkhart Sectional.

Lehman won the 200 individual medley (1:53.46) and the 100 breastroke (57.67) and combined with Evan Haney, Jeremiah Bekhterev and Tim Blough to win the 200 medley relay (1:37.31). Also win over Northridge was Deacon Smith in the 500 freestyle (4:40.10).

Concord got just one win in its team runnerup effort. Camden Stutsman won the 100 butterfly (52.26) for the Minutemen.

NorthWood's 200 freestyle relay team of Andrew Williams, Ty Stankovich, Julian Jansen, Dillon Boggs won in a time of 1:30.47. Also for the Panthers, Williams won the 50 freestyle (22.07) and Bryce Knepp won the diving competition (359.50).

Team scores: Northridge 378, Concord 363, Wawasee 326, NorthWood 2671, Goshen 258, Elkhart 180, Angola 136, East Noble 125, DeKalb 82, Eastside 28, Jimtown 27.

200 medley relay (1:36.95): 1. Northridge (Evan Haney, Jeremiah Bekhterev, Sawyer Lehman, Tim Blough) 1:37.31; 2. Concord (Reid Sollars, Ivan Blystiv, Camden Stutsman, Will Delio) 1:38.04; 3. NorthWood (Andrew Williams, Julian Jansen, Ty Stankovich, Dillong Boggs) 1:40.54.

200 freestyle (1:42.50): 1. Levi Moser (Goshen) 1:42.10; 2. Luis Navarro (Concord) 1:46.25; 3. Evan Haney (Northridge) 1:46.29.

200 individual medley (1:55.45): 1. Sawyer Lehman (Northridge) 1:53.46; 2. Gabe Kazmierczak (Elkhart) 1:53.84; 3. Ivan Blystiv (Concord) 1:54.92; 4. Camden Stutsman (Concord) 1:55.37.

50 freestyle (21.36): 1. Andrew Williams (NorthWood) 22.07; 2. Skye Steury (Goshen) 22.28; 3. Will Delio (Concord) 22.62.

Diving: 1. Bryce Knepp (NorthWood) 359.50; 2. Issac Winters (Wawasee) 342.65; 3. Mark Santos Kasiak (NorthWood) 329.55.

100 butterfly (50.82): 1. Camden Stutsman (Concord) 52.26; 2. Ty Stankovich (NorthWood) 53.53; 3. Tim Blough (Northridge) 54.73.

100 freestyle (46.93): 1. Levi Moser (Goshen) 46.28; 2. Nathan Harper (Wawasee) 46.79; 3. Skye Steury (Goshen) 49.73.

500 freestyle (4:41.80): 1. Deacon Smith (Northridge) 4:40.10; 2. Evan Haney (Northridge) 4:41.35; 3. Coltin Bucher (Wawasee) 4:59.22.

200 freestyle relay (1:27.74): 1. NorthWood (Andrew Williams, Ty Stankovich, Julian Jansen, Dillon Boggs) 1:30.47; 2. Northridge (Tim Blough, Jeremiah Bekhterev, Liam Hallberg, Deacon Smith) 1:30.62; 3. Goshen (Levi Moser, Levi George-Miller, Peter Moser, Skye Steury) 1:30.82.

100 backstroke (52.09): 1. Nathan Harper (Wawasee) 51.23; 2. Gabe Kazmierczak (Elkhart) 52.09; 3. Zack Kryder (Wawasee) 54.26.

100 breaststroke (58.0): 1. Sawyer Lehman (Northridge) 57.67; 2. Ivan Blystive (Concord) 58.14; 3. Will Delio (Concord) 1:00.22.

400 freestyle relay (3:13.80): 1. Wawasee (Cade Garden, Ivan Meier, Zack Kryder, Nathan Harper) 3:15.68; 2. Northridge (Evan Haney, Deacon Smith, Liam Hallberg, Sawyer Lehman) 3:16.92; 3. Concord (Camden Stutsman, Reid Sollars, Luis Navarro, Ivan Blystiv) 3:19.20.

This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: IHSAA Boys Swimming and Diving Sectional roundup